APOLOGIES:Taipei’s cultural affairs department said it was sorry a cross-strait music festival ended in shambles, while police said their response should have been better
Taipei Times
Date: Sep 26, 2017
By: Lee I-chia / Staff reporter
The Taipei Department of Cultural Affairs yesterday voiced deep regret that a cross-
Taipei Department of Culture Director Chung Yung-feng, left, holds up a poster for Sunday’s “Sing! China: Shanghai-Taipei Music Festival” yesterday during a news conference in Taipei with Taipei Police Department Deputy Commissioner Lin Shun-chia. Photo: Chang Chia-ming, Taipei Times
strait concert was canceled on Sunday after protests descended into violence, while Taipei Mayor Ko Wen-je (柯文哲) said there was no negligence on the part of the city government.
The “Sing! China: Shanghai-Taipei Music Festival” at National Taiwan University’s (NTU) athletic field, promoted by the Taipei and Shanghai municipal governments, and cosponsored by the Chinese reality television show Sing! China, was called off about two hours after its start after protests about the way the school was referred to by promoters, about damage done to the sports field and about students’ rights to use the athletic field.
The concert had been scheduled to run from 2pm to 10pm, but at 4pm organizers announced it was being halted. [FULL STORY]
